Re: [GRASS-user] how to derive polygons from text strings

pirmd., 2021. g. 20. dec., plkst. 11:29 — lietotājs Uwe Fischer () rakstīja: > > Hello Māris, > > thanks a lot. That is hard tobacco for a user like me. What do you mean 'ask > the same rendering engine'? This depends on how you are planning to use those frames around text. If as a background

Re: [GRASS-user] how to derive polygons from text strings

31036 Eime Tel.: 05182/8325 Mobil: 0172/8876934 -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Maris Nartiss [mailto:maris@gmail.com] Gesendet: Montag, 20. Dezember 2021 08:25 An: Uwe Fischer Cc: GRASS user list Betreff: Re: [GRASS-user] how to derive polygons from text strings AFIAK no* It is more

Re: [GRASS-user] how to derive polygons from text strings

AFIAK no* It is more tricky than it might seem as exact dimensions depend not only on font size but also on selected font (see monospace vs condensed fonts), kerning, styling (bold, italics). Thus final size of bonding box of a string is a product of all of its properties. Thus the best option to

[GRASS-user] how to derive polygons from text strings

Hello list, I have a point feature layer with attributes for a text string (call it 'label') and the fontsize in map units (which are meters in my case). Is there a way in Grass to derive polygons from this input information which enclose the label strings when those are used to label the